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Here is a trigger:
All Players:
Always();

RemoveUnitAtLocation(All, Fireball, All Players, Minor healing potion);
ModifyUnitHangarCount(-1, All, Reaver, All Players, Anywhere);
MoveUnit(1, Fireball, All Players, Backpacky!!!, Town 1 enter);
RunAIScriptAt(Set Unit Order To: Junk Yard Dog, Town 1 enter);
PreserveTrigger();

Fireball = Scarab

What it does is move the scarbs from "backpacky!!!" to a distant "town 1 enter".
Once the scarab is there, it moves straight upward (fast) and exspodes in the middle of nowhere. Ignore the location names, I know their wierd.

The first two actions are my pathetic attempts to remove scarabs from reaver's hangers. The second two, are a pathetic attempt to make scarabs wander, like this.

I left the first two in there, becuase they apeared to do nothing.

You're trying to do the impossible. You cannot SUBTRACT from hanger amount. The point of the hanger amount action is to ADD to it. Matter of fact, if you open up StarEdit, thats what it says.

"Modify Hanger Amount"
"Add at most # of etc etc"

Yea, ur trying to do something impossible. you cant make negative hangers... or subtract... >.<

The reaver needs something to attack. (Use hyper triggers for this method.)

Trigger

Description:

Create the Reaver and attack something

Players:

¤ Owner of the Reaver

Conditions:

¤ Current Player Brings atmost 0 Reaver to backpacky!!!

¤ Current Player Brings atmost 0 Scarab to backpacky!!!

Actions:

¤ Create 1 Reaver for Current Player At backpacky!!!

¤ Create 1 Medic for (enemy of The Reaver's owner) at backpacky!!!

¤ Modify Hanger count for all Reaver at backpacky!!! for Current Player, Add 10 Hanger Count

¤ Preserve Trigger

Trigger

Description:

Detect when the reaver launches its scarab... and do stuff to it.

Players:

¤ Owner of the Reaver

Conditions:

¤ Current Player Brings atleast 1 Scarab to backpacky!!!

Actions:

¤ Move All Scarab for Owner of Reaver at backpacky!!! to Town 1 Enter

¤ RunAIScriptAt "Junk Yard Dog" At Town 1 Enter

¤ Remove 1 Reaver for Owner Of the Reaver at backpacky!!!

¤ Remove 1 Medic for (Enemy of Reaver's Owner) at backpacky!!!

¤ Preserve Trigger

Thats the trigger system I usually use.

I know that...
What I'm trying to figure out is why they are not junkyard dogging...
Yes, the reaver is attacking. Are you saying that the thing it attacks needs to be removed? I'll try that out.

attach the map.

If you get a reaver to attack something, then move its scarab, am I right in supposing that the scarab will still try to attack whatever it was attacking before?

As a side note, scarabs inside reavers are detectable by triggers with the condition "Player brings at least # scarabs to 'location'." But I don't think that you can move the scarabs as long as they are inside the reaver.
This might have some implication for KrazyKrl's method.

Human-owned scrabs won't work with the junkyard AI script.

So does that mean i can order my scarab to fly here and there and then loop around a tree and then explode on a comand center?

No.. either keep it aiming at a target, or use JYD to make it roam around and explode whenever it normally would.

I know ways to make interceptors just sit somewhere and never move, same with scarabs (and of course nukes). Interceptor and Scarab takes 58 seconds to do it tho

Plz explain how to do that so i can do it too.

No. And scarabs don't fly.

That explains everything. I can't belive I didn't know that

You can make scarabs sit still easily. I did it by accident. Also, walking through a scarab has the same effect as walking through mud.
You just say (don't forget hyper triggers):
Always, Move scarabs from "scarab spawn" to "scarab sit here", PreserveTrigger.

I'm trying to figure out how to make scarabs dance, with the same coolness as bolt head made interceptors dance in this map.

I'm pretty sure about the junkyard script with scrabs, since I've tried to do it in multiple maps, doesn't seem to work with humans.

No it does not. only computers.

Ok, the topic is closed now.